USPS Package Intercept: Stop/Redirect Delivery

For a fee, USPS Package Intercept lets the sender or recipient stop delivery or redirect a package, letter, or flat that is not out for delivery or already delivered. Most domestic mailings with a tracking or extra services barcode are eligible for Package Intercept.

How It Works

If eligible, you can submit your request online after logging in with your USPS.com account.

After submitting your request, you’ll be provided an estimated total (intercept fee plus estimated Priority Mail postage, if applicable). We will then attempt to intercept and redirect the shipment.

If the shipment is intercepted, your credit card will be charged the $14.65 Package Intercept fee plus any applicable postage. If the actual postage is greater than estimated, any additional postage will be charged accordingly.

Your shipment will be redirected to the original sender or held at the local Post Office for pickup.

Paying for Package Intercept

All intercepted items are redirected as Priority Mail. You must pay the applicable Priority Mail postage, except when the item was originally sent using Priority Mail Express, Priority Mail, or First-Class Mail.

Customers will not be charged if the shipment was not intercepted. If successfully intercepted, the non-refundable Package Intercept fee is applied to each intercept request.Package Intercept Price Information